BlizzCon 2015

The first batch of BlizzCon tickets will go on sale at 7pm PDT, April 15th, for $199 each. This translates to 4am Central European time (Thursday), 3am UK time (Thursday), and 10pm Eastern.

We love BlizzCon here at Wowhead and have some additional BlizzCon updates for you:

The Wowhead Party is back! It's always held the Thursday before BlizzCon--this year it's November 5th. One welcome change is that we are working on holding it at a much larger venue!

Site artist Noxychu will be opening orders for BlizzCon badges on April 16th. This custom badge is a real-life forum avatar and a great addition to your BlizzCon entry badge. Badges can be ordered here and start at $60. Check out some of her 2014 badges below:

The Eventbrite waiting room has been improved. Players will not be sent back to the event page and lose their place in line if their turn comes up but the number of tickets that want isn't available. You will retain your position in line.

While not purchasable now, Virtual Ticket holders will have the opportunity to buy a swag bag with BlizzCon goodies for the first time.

If you don’t get tickets tomorrow, a second batch will go on sale Saturday, April 18 at 10 a.m. PDT. In addition, tickets to an exclusive pre-BlizzCon dinner to benefit Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) will go on sale Wednesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. PDT. For those unable to attend the show, in-depth coverage of BlizzCon will also be available through the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket—further details will be announced at a later date.BlizzCon 2015 will take place November 6 and 7 at the Anaheim Convention Center, and tickets cost $199 each (plus applicable taxes and fees). Tickets to the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner cost $750 each (plus taxes and fees) and include BlizzCon admission. For further information, check out the official BlizzCon site.

A Bit o’ Good Goody Bag News

If you can’t make it to the show in person, this year there’ll be a whole new way to bring a piece of the BlizzCon experience home: For the first time ever, Virtual Ticket buyers will have the option to purchase a BlizzCon Goody Bag of their own. Supplies will be limited, and some regional restrictions will apply—we’ll share additional information closer to the Virtual Ticket’s launch, so keep an eye on BlizzCon.com in the months ahead. *NEW FOR 2015* Ticket Delivery and Making Name Changes Keep in mind that ticket buyers have until August 14 to change the names on each ticket they’ve purchased. That means:

For ticket buyers: If you bought tickets through Eventbrite and reassign them to someone else, make sure you tell the person you assigned it to previously that their ticket has been reassigned and will no longer grant entry to the show.

For people who received tickets: If someone else bought tickets for you, double-check with them that your ticket is still in your name after the name-change deadline rolls around (August 14).

IMPORTANT: In order to pick up a badge at BlizzCon, the name on your ticket must match the name on your photo ID, as well as the name assigned to the ticket in the ticketing system. That means if the ticket was reassigned to someone else without your knowledge and you show up to BlizzCon anyway, we won’t be able to give you a badge—so be careful when acquiring a ticket from a source you don’t know and trust.One other important change for ticket buyers: This year, you’ll be able to access and reprint your tickets at any time through your Eventbrite account. That means no more waiting around for us to send out a badge email, and no need to worry if you or your attendees lose that email or they get caught in your Spam filter.BlizzCon 2015 tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. PT and Saturday, April 18 at 10 a.m. through www.blizzcon2015.eventbrite.com. Good luck, and we look forward to seeing everyone there!

Ticket Purchasing Guide

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The first batch of BlizzCon 2015 tickets goes on sale Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. PT. When the time comes, hit the link below for your chance to snag some.Get BlizzCon 2015 Tickets Here Tickets usually go fast, so if you want to attend this year’s show, it pays to be prepared. Ticket sales are once again being handled through Eventbrite this year, and a few things are different from 2014. It’s worth reading our BlizzCon Ticket Info page to get an overview, but if you want more details on how it works, check out this handy guide. What Information You’ll Need to ProvideYou’ll want to have the following information handy when you’re buying BlizzCon tickets:

Your information: First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Character name (optional)

Your friends’/family’s information: First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Character Name (optional)—note that you’ll be able to go back and change these until August 14.

What’s New for 2015A few changes are in store for ticket buyers this year, including updates to how tickets are delivered based on BlizzCon 2014 feedback, as well as some changes to the Eventbrite purchasing process.Barcodes Delivered Immediately—This year, ticket buyers and attendees will receive the bar-code emails used to claim their badges immediately after purchasing tickets. In addition, bar codes will be accessible via the ticket purchaser’s Eventbrite account, where they’ll be available to view or reprint at any time. Buyers should note that bar code emails will also be sent to whoever you assign your tickets to, so if you’re not yet certain who’s coming, you might want to assign tickets to your own email address for now. (You’ll have until August 14 to make attendee changes.)Eventbrite Updates—Eventbrite has made some updates to their waiting room that should help make the experience smoother for BlizzCon hopefuls. This year, people in the waiting room will no longer be sent back to the event page if their turn comes up but the number of tickets they requested is not available. Instead, they’ll remain in the waiting room and retain their position in line until another order for the quantity of tickets they requested is released back for sale. For example, if you requested 4 tickets and reach the front of the line, the next time an order for 4 tickets is released, you’ll have first dibs. (Keep in mind this also means you won’t be able to select a different, lower ticket quantity if you reach the front of the line and the ticket quantity you requested isn’t available.)Step-by-Step GuideStep 1: Head to the Eventbrite ticketing page, and choose the quantity of tickets you wish to purchase from the drop-down menu (4 ticket per household limit).

*UPDATED FOR 2015* Step 2: Click Order Now. If all tickets have been claimed, buyers may find themselves in line in a “waiting room” while others complete their purchases—see the “What’s New for 2015” section above for more details. Keep in mind that being in the waiting room doesn’t necessarily mean you’re guaranteed tickets.Step 3: Once you’re in the checkout and registration process, you’ll have 8 minutes to complete your purchase. A countdown will be displayed on-screen so you know how much time you have remaining. After 8 minutes, the tickets will be released for others to buy, drawing from those in the waiting room.Step 4: Fill out the Ticket Buyer information (your name and email) to purchase the tickets. Make sure you enter a valid email address that you use regularly, as important event communications (including your badges) will be emailed to this address.Step 5: Enter your credit card information. Remember, you will need to have this card at the convention if you need to make changes on-site. See the Badge Information page for more information.Step 6: Enter your name and email address for the first ticket (or your friend/family member’s information if you’re purchasing a ticket for someone other than yourself), and character name (optional). If you don’t have that information now, just enter your own name and email for now—you’ll have until August 14 to make changes. *NEW FOR 2015* When entering attendee names and emails here and in Step 9, keep in mind that tickets will be sent to both the purchaser’s email address as well as the email addresses assigned to each ticket immediately upon completing your purchase.Step 7: Check the box to agree to the waiver. If you do not agree, you cannot proceed with purchasing BlizzCon tickets. Remember there is a 4-ticket-per-household limit for General Admission BlizzCon tickets.Step 8: Enter your friends’ or family members’ name and email address for each additional ticket. Again, you’ll have until August 14 to make changes, so just enter your own for now if you need to sort out who’s attending later.If you do not have that information at the time of purchase, use the drop-down menu to auto-fill the ticket with your own name and email address—or, you can manually enter your own information. Remember you need to do this separately for each additional ticket you’ll be purchasing.Step 9: You will need to agree to the waiver for each additional ticket you’re purchasing.Step 10: Once you’ve entered everything, click Pay Now.Once you click Pay Now, you will be sent to a “processing order” page. Once your order is complete, you’ll receive a confirmation email from Eventbrite—be sure to check your Spam folder if you don’t see it. *NEW FOR 2015* Emails containing bar codes to claim badges will be sent immediately upon purchase. All tickets will be sent to both the purchaser’s email address as well as the email address assigned to a ticket.Congratulations! You have successfully purchased tickets to BlizzCon 2015!

Warlords PvP Q&A

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This Thursday, I’ll join Senior Game Designer Brian Holinka to answer your questions live on Twitch. This live Q&A will be focused on PvP, in all shapes and forms: Arenas, Battlegrounds, Ashran, and so on!

When: Thursday, April 16, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (check here to convert that into your local time!)Where: The World of Warcraft channel on Twitch.tv/WoW

You can submit your questions via Twitter by using the hashtag #WarlordsQA, or simply by replying to this forum thread. As we’d like to get to as many questions as possible, we’ll only consider forum questions that use 40 words or less, and all questions must be submitted before 12:01 AM PDT on Thursday, April 16. Keep in mind that we’re focusing on PvP for this Q&A session -- questions on other topics will not be answered.

Comentario de Interest

Comentario de Wowhead

The Eventbrite ticket process was a mess...I'll be updating the ticket tips before saturday.

Comentario de Soeroah

on 2015-04-15T22:00:27-05:00

Damn it, no account wide follower upgrade tokens?

So much for making Garrisons quicker for alts...

Comentario de Chasedon

on 2015-04-15T22:29:33-05:00

New raid bonus roll token huh? Will the Dwarven bunker/Warmill be updated for that?

Comentario de tachycardia

on 2015-04-15T22:42:21-05:00

Legendaries = new raid CD's?

Comentario de Kozzie

on 2015-04-15T22:58:34-05:00

Yep, Eventbrite "Eventbrite has made some updates to their waiting room that should help make the experience smoother for BlizzCon hopefuls. This year, people in the waiting room will no longer be sent back to the event page if their turn comes up but the number of tickets they requested is not available" - WAS AN EPIC FAIL!

This whole thing is becoming a mess, launch days, a mess, server ddos' a mess, queue times after launch day a mess, adding 5 ilvls to gear in the middle of content - a mess, blizzcon ticket purchasing a mess - Eventbrite a mess...

All of this is becoming a big fail

Comentario de Jlcalvo1

on 2015-04-16T00:35:49-05:00

How will this ring affect pvp? Effect is ridiculous

Comentario de Interest

on 2015-04-16T01:37:49-05:00

How will this ring affect pvp? Effect is ridiculous

Highly unlikely. Blizzard's been pretty stringent about allowing legendary items or effects to be used in PvP since Mists.

Comentario de mik384

on 2015-04-16T02:10:26-05:00

Rings lol "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet"

Comentario de simpetar

on 2015-04-16T03:08:13-05:00

So... if I activate the tank ring and go jump off p3 Blackhand platform, the other tank will die too? /evil grin

Comentario de govone

on 2015-04-16T05:34:45-05:00

Have to say I'm not fond of the idea of this shared raid cooldown, won't be able to time it with everyones trinket procs :(

Comentario de Elyseon

on 2015-04-16T07:08:44-05:00

I'm going to hazard a guess that the people designing this batch of legendaries are Green Lantern fans. Just saying.

Comentario de TheOldBear

on 2015-04-16T08:43:02-05:00

I dislike on-use effects, shared or otherwise. :(

Comentario de Rystrave

on 2015-04-16T09:23:31-05:00

I'm really hoping to get a badge from Noxy this year. I'd love to have my Ry reimagined <3

Comentario de Casn

on 2015-04-16T09:49:32-05:00

Meh,

I know that linking gear effects to lore is stupid, but still. Legendary item that assumes everyone else is also super special and has exact same legendary as you, is also kind of stupid.

Moving on, shared use on DPS ring gives us nothing new in terms of gameplay. Just another thing to use together with Hero/Time Warp/Bloodlust, and don't you dare click it when others are not ready. If your regular class dps cooldowns are also on 2min CD or 1 min CD good for you, if not, you're out of luck, you "have to" sync in with whole raid.

Tank rings are also weird. Essentially, you get one extra shared defensive cooldown. Huge cooldown, because with 2 tanks (with rings) it reduces damage tanking tank takes by 50% on top of 25% reduction, but if you are only tank with this ring, it only gives 25% damage reduction. At least then you don't have to worry that other tank might need it more.

I suppose healer rings make most sense, since you use them at peroids of heavy raid damage, something that is not dependant on player at all, so their shared cooldown makes little difference. It does mean everyone has to use it at same time, and you can't have half of healers save it for next time, but I suppose it could save a day when damage is really heavy. On the other hand, wonder how it works with overheal.

Comentario de Maxwelldemonic

on 2015-04-16T12:05:52-05:00

The Agi ring is kinda BS for hunters. It means I have to be close to the boss to benefit from the bonus damage explosion.

Comentario de Casn

on 2015-04-16T12:16:25-05:00

The Agi ring is kinda BS for hunters. It means I have to be close to the boss to benefit from the bonus damage explosion.

You don't. You're just not allowed to use your ring, because that's job for melee dps, since they are always close to enemies and thus will be point of orgin for bonus damage explosion, for them and for everyone else.